Kawasaki H1 1971

[Skub]

Is it easy to move about.?

Yeah it's handy enough. The H1 isn't easy to get on the mainstand for starters,I roll the front wheel onto a wooden block to help,but I'd say most modern bikes would roll on easier.

[Skub]

The clocks bracket is a bit scruffy and the damping rubbers are getting dozed,so I took it off today and gave it a blast of satin black.
It's nice to do little jobs which have easy access and not the modern bike way of needing to remove loads even to start the job.

[Skub]

All nice and tidy.

[Skub]

A little garage time today.

The little adjuster for the gear linkage was pretty well bodgered and the locating pins were a mix and match,so I treated it to a new adjuster and pins with a little circlip as per original.



I replaced the chain,as it was a bit ropey,the sprockets seemed fine,so I cut that corner for now.

[mangocrazy]

Your H1 has done almost exactly the same miles as my 350LC. Just checked and the LC is showing 20,332.

[Skub]

Your H1 has done almost exactly the same miles as my 350LC. Just checked and the LC is showing 20,332.

Pretty much the same as the Zed too,but 49 years younger!

[Skub]

I decided to replace the sprockets after all,for all they cost it's daft not to really.

It gives me a chance to clean all the hidden parts while the rear wheel is out too.


I'll get busy with the solvol on the rear brake housing. It's hard to get at on the bike.



My cush drive rubbers have a little more play than I'd like,but it's one of the parts which isn't readily available as a reproduction. Does anyone have a hack? I remember using bits of inner tube rubber to pad it out on my Z1 in the 70s,but it spat them out in no time!

[Gregor]

I still use strips of inner tube on my Tenere cush drive when it gets a bit too much play and cable ties through the the sprockets and round the spokes to pull it all tight together for refitting.

[Skub]

Rubbing my thing in the garage kept me warm tonight.

[Buckaroo]

Rubbing my thing in the garage kept me warm tonight.

Surprised you can see what you're doing after all that rubbing

[Supermofo]

It gives me a chance to clean all the hidden parts while the rear wheel is out too.

Took me a second or 2 to find the swingarm, it's no bigger than the chain guard I'm too used to modern bikes

[mangocrazy]

The frame and swingarm of Japanese bikes of that era were merely there to hold all the bits in approximately the correct location...

[Skub]

Yeah,Jap frames of the era were a token gesture,closer to bicycle than motorbicycle.

[Skub]

cable ties through the the sprockets and round the spokes to pull it all tight together for refitting.

That was a very handy tip. Like all rear wheel removals and refits,there's a knack and first time is usually a cunt. With the exhausts running tight to the rear wheel there's not much room for juggling,so the cable tie trick was one less thing to balance.

[Skub]

Buttoned up again and ready to roll,it's bloody freezing in the garage tonight,so I'm done. Looks well though.

[KungFooBob]

You missed a trick by not fitting a gold anodised 'Super Sprox'

[Skub]

You missed a trick by not fitting a gold anodised 'Super Sprox'

The horror.

[Taipan]

I decided to replace the sprockets after

My cush drive rubbers have a little more play than I'd like,but it's one of the parts which isn't readily available as a reproduction. Does anyone have a hack? I remember using bits of inner tube rubber to pad it out on my Z1 in the 70s,but it spat them out in no time!

Cut up a plastic milk bottle?

[Skub]

Cut up a plastic milk bottle?

In the end I padded it out with strips of rubber,we'll see how long that lasts.

[JackyJoll]

Maybe tight metal shims.